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enTrip and Jitter: the Electronic World of Dan Deaconhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/trip-and-jitter-electronic-world-dan-deacon
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Violet- and orchid-colored LED banks shimmer across the room. Green and pink spots radiate out and back. A steady stream of beats and keyboards from other electronica luminaries rumbles out of the speakers. Let's dance! Or maybe just listen?
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Onstage, Dan Deacon is busy tweaking his gear. Out on the floor, the audience is oddly antsy. To fight the waiting, one woman hangs on her boyfriend. Clumps of hipsters conviviate. Very strong drinks (a sponsorship deal?) flow for seven bucks a pop. Anticipation thickens. Impatience turns to pacing. Young men make solo air grooves. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/515deacon.promo_.jpg" width="600" height="398" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 04/15/2015</span></div></div></div>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:33:00 +0000Jon Iverson232357 at http://www.stereophile.comTo Save a Soul Like Mine: the Blind Willie Johnson Projecthttp://www.stereophile.com/content/save-soul-mine-blind-willie-johnson-project
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">He is easily among the most accomplished and influential slide-guitar players ever to put a ring of glass or metal around his finger. In 1977, on the golden record carried by the space probe <I>Voyager</I>, alongside the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony 5 and recordings of "footsteps, heartbeat, and laughter," his greatest song, "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" went off to represent humanity to the stars.
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/415willie.oromo_.jpg" width="600" height="601" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 04/10/2015</span></div></div></div>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:00:23 +0000Jon Iverson232337 at http://www.stereophile.comJackson Browne: Enter The Naturalhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/jackson-browne-enter-natural
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">For famously civilized and jaded New York City, the crowd at the resplendent Beacon Theatre is uncommonly involved. Loud requests, many in tangled liquor dialects, boom from the balcony:
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"'REDNECK FRIEND'!"
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Onstage, Jackson Browne smiles and shakes his head.
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"'COCAINE'!"
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"I could do that, but it would have to be the rehab version." [<I>crowd roars</I>]
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"'FOR A DANCER'!"
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Oh, wait&#151;<I>I'm</I> yelling that.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/215browne.promo_.jpg" width="600" height="401" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 01/29/2015</span></div></div></div>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:03:50 +0000Jon Iverson232016 at http://www.stereophile.comRarities and Reissues: Blue Note Records Turns 75http://www.stereophile.com/content/rarities-and-reissues-blue-note-records-turns-75
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Fifty-four years after it was recorded, Hank Mobley's immortal <I>Soul Station</I> has become a tale of two LPs.
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One, the original pressing (mono or stereo), is an artifact, an insanely valuable antique, the object of fevered jazz collectors the world over.
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The other is a fresh vinyl reissue, cut from a high-resolution digital remastering of the original master tapes, that's meant to bring in younger listeners, or those interested enough in the music that they'll pay $19.95 for a new LP.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/1014blue.promo_.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 10/08/2014</span></div></div></div>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:32:36 +0000Jon Iverson231314 at http://www.stereophile.comCallas Remastered: "La Divina" Receives Her Duehttp://www.stereophile.com/content/callas-remastered-la-divina-receives-her-due
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Move over John, George, Ringo, and Paul. There's another remastering that's come on the scene, and it's every bit as important as the Beatles Mono Edition. It's Warner Classics' high-resolution, 24/96 digital remastering of soprano Maria Callas' entire studio-sourced discography. Consisting of arias, recitals and complete operas recorded 1949&#150;1969, the remasterings reach the international public on September 22, and US music lovers on September 23. Their sound, whether in the 69-CD box set of her entire studio recordings, or HDtracks' 24/96 downloads of its individual components, is revelatory.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/092014-CallasPure-600.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 09/20/2014</span></div></div></div>Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:33:49 +0000John Atkinson231236 at http://www.stereophile.comLouis Armstrong: A Man and His Hornhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/louis-armstrong-man-and-his-horn
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">He was a victim of his own success. From 1925 to 1929, when he was in his mid-20s, Louis Armstrong changed the world of jazz music forever with his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, and his solos in tunes like "Cornet Chop Suey," "Potato Head Blues," and "West End Blues." Almost immediately, however, he was faced with a question: Now what?
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/914louie.promo_.jpg" width="600" height="438" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 09/03/2014</span></div></div></div>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:44:59 +0000Jon Iverson231147 at http://www.stereophile.comRegina Carter: A Family Affairhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/regina-carter-family-affair
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Making a recording is always a personal journey&#151;everyone has a story to tell. Jazz violinist Regina Carter's latest, <I>Southern Comfort</I>, is an eloquent musical expression of Carter tracing the roots of her paternal lineage back five generations. For the project's sound engineer, Joe Ferla, it's the final project of a engineering career, and the beginning point of his new life as a practicing musician. The entwining of these journeys gives the album's music and sound a rare honesty.
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/514carter.promo_.jpg" width="600" height="477" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 05/01/2014</span></div></div></div>Wed, 07 May 2014 00:14:03 +0000Jon Iverson230566 at http://www.stereophile.comMany Happy Returnshttp://www.stereophile.com/content/many-happy-returns
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Today is the 60th anniversary of the iconic Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, the instrument that in the hands of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy, Hank B. Marvin, and many other virtuosi, shaped and guided rock music ever since. To celebrate the day, we are reprinting the tribute by Corey Greenberg, himself a Strat player, to the guitar's inventor, the late Leo Fender, that was published in our June 1991 issue.&#151;<B>Ed</B>.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/031714-Stratocaster-600.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 06/01/1991</span></div></div></div>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:59:54 +0000John Atkinson230206 at http://www.stereophile.comGuy Clark: For the Sake of the Songhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/guy-clark-sake-song
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">As songwriters go, Guy Clark has been touched by the muse more than most. Unfortunately, in recent years he's also been visited by illness and heartache. In June 2012, his wife of 40 years, Susanna Clark, who was both a songwriter ("Easy from Now On") and an artist (the cover of Willie Nelson's <I>Stardust</I>), died in Nashville. In the past several years Clark, 72, has battled lymphoma, had his knees replaced, and undergone an arterial replacement in one leg. He was being treated for skin cancer when I visited his home, south of Nashville, in October 2013.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/314clark.promo_.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 03/05/2014</span></div></div></div>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:31:49 +0000Jon Iverson230148 at http://www.stereophile.comThe Paramount Records Cabinet of Wondershttp://www.stereophile.com/content/paramount-records-cabinet-wonders
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Party like a rock star!
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Or not.
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Damned rock stars! Those useless black voids of overweening ego who spend their days wallowing in unfulfilling, sybaritic cycles of mass adoration, endless wealth, and meaningless sex with hard bodies&#151;what do they add to the greater good, to the advancement of human understanding, to the furtherance of <I>art</I>? In most cases, the answer is: Nothing. Zip, zilch, zot.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/113param.promo__0.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 01/01/2014</span></div></div></div>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:12:33 +0000Jon Iverson229650 at http://www.stereophile.comDarcy James Argue and His Steampunk Big Bandhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/darcy-james-argue-and-his-steampunk-big-band
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The world is catching up with Darcy James Argue. Two years ago, he was known mainly for having the strangest name in jazz since Ornette Coleman. Now he's a double winner in <I>Downbeat</I>'s 2013 Critics' Poll&#151;the top pick for Best Arranger, and tied with Maria Schneider for Best Big Band Leader.
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/1013argue.prpmo_.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 10/01/2013</span></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:33:02 +0000Jon Iverson227042 at http://www.stereophile.comTerence Blanchard: Animal Magnetismhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/terence-blanchard-animal-magnetism
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Down deepest, beneath everything he does, underlying all the facets of his ever-expanding career in music, Terence Blanchard is still a New Orleans guy. Question that and you can hear his dander rise.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/813blanch.opromo_0.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 08/08/2013</span></div></div></div>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:11:22 +0000Jon Iverson226515 at http://www.stereophile.comWilson Audiophile Recordings Returnhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audiophile-recordings-return
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Many of David Wilson's highly acclaimed, long out-of-print recordings are poised to make old and new generations of audiophiles very happy. On August 1, the first two of a selected batch of Wilson Audiophile Recordings will return to circulation as high-resolution (176.4kHz/24-bit), CD-quality, and MP3 downloads. Distributed by Naxos via a host of mass-market and hi-res digital music stores, including Chandos' "The Classical Shoppe," eClassical24bit, HDMusic, HDTracks, HiResAudio, Linn Records, Onkyo, and Qobuz24bit, the first titles in the series are <I>Recital</I>, James B. Welch's disc of four centuries of organ music, and <I>Beethoven and Enescu Sonatas</I>, performed by violinist David Abel and pianist Julie Steinberg, this magazine's "Recording of the Month" for <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-february-1984-beethovenenescu-violin-sonatas">February 1984</A>.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/Wilson_Audiophile-600.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 07/31/2013</span></div></div></div>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:58:36 +0000John Atkinson226476 at http://www.stereophile.comWillie Nile: the Bard on Bleeckerhttp://www.stereophile.com/content/willie-nile-bard-bleecker
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">"You see that empty space?" says <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/506nile/index.html">Willie Nile</A>, motioning toward a lot between buildings on Bleecker Street, an impish Irish grin flickering across his face. "They haven't built anything there yet because Anna Wintour lives around the corner. And that red-brick house over there, the one with the white door? That's where Dylan lived. I used to see Bob around the neighborhood now and again."</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/513nile.promo__0.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 05/01/2013</span></div></div></div>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:48:14 +0000Jon Iverson225995 at http://www.stereophile.comListening #123http://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-123
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Let's say you're lucky enough, or just plain old enough, to have bought a copy of Truman Capote's <I>In Cold Blood</I> on January 12, 1966. Let's say you're lucky enough or just plain smart enough to have held on to it and kept it in perfect shape for the past 47 years. And let's say it was one of the first 500 copies, which the author signed. If so, congratulations: For once in your life, even the smuggest collector can't claim that his copy of a book is "better" or more valuable than yours.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://cdn.stereophile.com/images/313listen.promo_.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 03/07/2013</span></div></div></div>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:26:15 +0000Jon Iverson225442 at http://www.stereophile.com